UPPER PROVIDENCE — An area resident asked the supervisors Monday to clarify why they rejected the proposed subdivision of the Parkhouse property.

Barbara Flynn of Second Avenue, Royersford, told the supervisors “there was a conversation with Montgomery County commissioners recently where Upper Providence was accused of failing to preserve open space due to the denial of the subdivision for (the) Parkhouse property.”

Flynn has organized several protests since the county commissioners announced last year they planned to sell the geriatric center to a private firm.

On Feb. 3, Bursich Associates President Scott Exley summarized Montgomery County’s proposed plans to subdivide the 292-acre site bisected by Route 113 into two parcels.

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Montgomery County finalized the sale of the geriatric center and surrounding land in what was known as the northern parcel to Mid-Atlantic Healthcare LLC for $41 million on Thursday.

A new parcel number would be assigned to southern parcel between Route 113 and the Schuylkill River that contains the Upper Schuylkill Valley Park and Wildlife Center.

On Monday, supervisors’ Chairwoman Lisa Mossie reiterated the board’s denial had been based on the lack of clear title and a determination that the land would be subdivided into three parcels instead of the initially proposed two lots.

Township Solicitor Edward A. Skypala said the county’s submitted plans would not qualify for a simple subdivision and would “require them to go through a more extensive process but they never gave us the information to answer the questions.”

Mossie added the Upper Schuylkill Valley Park “is not in any danger unless Montgomery County decides to sell it to a developer,” and “if I’m not mistaken second class township code prohibits them from selling that.”